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SYSTEM 3000 / 4000

FLAME SCANNER 7.0

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

EDITION: TB 7.0-SZ1

BFI Automation Dipl.-Ing. K.-H. Mindermann GmbH, Eggerscheidter Str. 57, D-40883 Ratingen Phone +49 (0) 2102 96 82 0, Fax +49 (0) 2102 9682 42 EMail: info@bfi-automation.de

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Flame Scanner 7.0

- Monitoring of residue combustion - TV tested, DIN-DVGW approved - Fail-safe, self-checking - Fully electronic design - Temperature difference method - Type of protection IP 65 - DIN-DVGW and DIN-CERTCO approved

Application
In combination with a flame amplifier module of the 3000 or 4000 line the flame scanner 7.0 forms a complete flame monitoring system for meeting the safety requirements for steam generators in accordance with TRD. The flame monitoring system 3000/4000 is tested and approved in accordance with EN 230 and EN 298. The main field of application for this fully electronic flame scanner is flame detection at residue combustion processes of any kind, like plants for thermal treatment and energy recovery, for inst. with clarification sludge, pesticides, contaminated waste gas, tail gas, sour gas, furnace gas, tar oil, and pitch. The flame scanner 7.0 can be used anywhere where combustion processes must be monitored in which flame radiation does not occur as continuous radiation bands or where reliable detection in the IR range is not possible due to reflection from the combustion chamber (hot brick lining, red-hot melt). Therefore, main places of application are combustion chambers, rotary kilns, melting furnaces, and grate firing installations. The method developed by and patented to BFI Automation, i.e. to detect a flame by sensing the temperature re-circulation of its combustion gases, opens up completely new applications for safeguarding a firing plant. Monitoring for controlling fuels previously possible only by employing expensive parallel operation of UV and IR flame scanners, can now be replaced simply and offering a substantial increase of availability by flame scanner 7.0. Faulty opening due to absorption of flame radiation, caused by fuel composition or charging of additional media does no longer occur. Faulty light signals due to combustion chamber radiation are ruled out. The choice of the spectral range permits in addition the setting of a lowest flame temperature from which detection takes place. For the first time, for inst., in plants for sulphur reclamation (Claus process) only H2S combustion is monitored, also when the combustion chamber is quenched with steam. Addition of backup gas, required by the other optical flame monitoring systems can be dispensed with. Measurements with thermocouples subject to heavy wear and expensive can no longer limit the availability of the process. The flame scanner is fully electronic, i.e. it has no mechanically moving parts. The photoelement is not subject to any ageing, so that the sensitivity of the monitoring device remains unchanged even after many years of service. Maintenance work is not required. This results for the operator in a significant increase of safety and availability of the firing plant as a whole.

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Function
The new solution for monitoring combustion processes of any kind is based on sensing and evaluating the difference of flame temperature and variation of the same at two predetermined points. The patented method is making use of the fact that combustion is maintained only when there is always sufficient energy fed back into the ignition zone in order to maintain combustion. Because of this, the recirculation of the combustion gases in the flame mantle is monitored by flame scanner 7.0. The result is a detection method which works reliably fully independent of fuel with any flame colour. The world-wide application, mainly in the petrochemical industry demonstrates that this principle permits flame monitoring systems far superior to conventional optical systems used so far. As radiation sensors two thermoelement chains are used, vapour-deposited on a substrate, because these have linear sensitivity across the complete radiation emitted by the flames and therefore can be made selective for defined wave length ranges by filters. An optical system defines the two cones of view and preallocates temporarily the wave length range. Additional filters can further reduce the flame spectrum to be evaluated in order to pick up only the spectral lines of

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typical combustion products like, for inst., CO, CO2, H2S or H2O. In this way applicationoriented flame evaluation can be effected. The flame scanner is directed towards the combustion so that the two thermoelement chains recognise along the flame points offset to each other. The scanners are inter-connected antiparallel and, therefore, produce at the output the difference of the radiation power picked up. As the two measuring points in the flame are positioned close to each other the same emissivity applies to both allowing to determine the temperature difference. The downstream amplifier cuts off variations with low frequency and processes flame signals only between 25Hz and 1000Hz, in order to concentrate on temperature movement. Faulty signal emission from the glowing brick lining is excluded because their absolute radiation is being shielded due to the antiparallel connection of the thermoelement chains. Possible low-frequency modulation by stack gases is picked up by both elements and does not produce a difference signal of higher frequency which could be evaluated.

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Dimensions
235 108

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G 1 1/2

Type Ser.-No.:

7.0
24Vdc

Germany

G1/2

purge air

Connection diagram
BFI-special cable KW5

system 3000/4000
a4 a6 a8 a10 a12

back panel
2 4 6 8 10 power supply 24V DC pulse signal signal ground power supply 0V ground sensitivity switch-over (option) green brown white pink yellow grey 4 2 1 3 5 4 2 1 3 5 flamescanner

outer braided shield

Technical data
Self-monitoring for the fail-safe function control accordance to EN 230, EN 298. Conforms to the requirement of DIN VDE 0116 and TRD 411 to 414, approved accordance to DIN-DVGW and DIN CERTCO. UV-VIS-IR semi-conductor, adjustable sensitivity, selective modulation filter. Spectral sensitivity Viewing angle Self-monitoring Operating voltage Current consumption Operating temperature range Electric connection Protection Length of cable Sight tube connection Purging air connection Purging air quantity or Purging air pressure Weight Part no. 250 to 7000 nm, standard 1000 to 2700nm 3 fully electronic, 1* per second 24 V DC, inner electrical isolation max. 100mA -20 to +70 C dust-proof plug connector IP 65 max. 1000m (KW 5) 1" internal thread. ISO 228 1/2" internal thread ISO 228 10 Nm3/h 0,02 bar over combustion chamber inner pressure approximate 1kg S 510.0

This flame scanner is also available in an Ex-casing. Edition: 07/98, Right of technical modifications reserved.

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